Obesity management: Australian general practitioners' attitudes and practices Campbell, Karen, Engel, Helen, Timperio, Anna, Cooper, Catherine and Crawford, David 2000, Obesity management: Australian general practitioners' attitudes and practices, Obesity research, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 459-466, doi: 10.1038/oby.2000.57. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Obesity management: Australian general practitioners' attitudes and practices Author(s) Campbell, Karen orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-3396 Engel, Helen Timperio, Anna orcid.org/0000-0002-8773-5012 Cooper, Catherine Crawford, David orcid.org/0000-0002-2467-7556 Journal name Obesity research Volume number 8 Issue number 6 Start page 459 End page 466 Total pages 8 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2000-09 ISSN 1550-8528 Keyword(s) general practitioners health professionals management prevention Summary Objectives: To document general practitioners’ (GPs) attitudes and practices regarding the prevention and management of overweight and obesity. Research Methods and Procedures: A cross-sectional survey of a randomly selected sample of 1500 Australian GPs was conducted, of which 752 questionnaires were returned. The measures included views on weight management, definitions of success, views regarding the usefulness of drugs, approaches to and strategies recommended for weight management, and problems and frustrations in managing overweight and obesity. Results: GPs view weight management as important and feel they have an important role to play. Although they consider themselves to be well prepared to treat overweight patients, they believe that they have limited efficacy in weight management and find it professionally unrewarding. GPs view the assessment of a patient's dietary and physical activity habits and the provision of dietary and physical activity advice as very important. The approaches least likely to be considered important and/or least likely to be practiced were those that would support the patient in achieving and maintaining lifestyle change. Discussion: There remains considerable opportunity to improve the practice of GPs in their management of overweight and obesity. Although education is fundamental, it is important to acknowledge the constraints of the GPs’ existing working environment. Language eng DOI 10.1038/oby.2000.57 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 929999 Health not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2000, Wiley Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082835 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 14 Apr 2016, 13:39:48 EST Fri, 15 Apr 2016, 05:00:25 EST Fri, 15 Apr 2016, 06:11:11 EST Fri, 15 Apr 2016, 10:39:27 EST Fri, 15 Apr 2016, 10:42:45 EST Sat, 17 Jun 2017, 02:41:21 EST Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 01:38:42 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 107 times in TR Web of Science Cited 115 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 885 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 14 Apr 2016, 13:39:48 EST